Hyde Name Origins.

The name "HYDE" is derived from the hide, a measure of land for taxation purposes, taken to be that area of land necessary to support a peasant family. In later times it was taken to be equivalent to 120 acres .

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Sunday, 5 May 2013

Memories from Hallbottom Street

By David Hamilton

I've attached some photos of my early years in Hallbottom Street.

We lived at number 37, long before the houses were built on the other side of the road. In fact our front window overlooked Dad's allotment where he keptpoultry, and there was a small part of the reservoir fenced off for his ducks.Also from our house we could see Newton Mill, and I always knewwhen it was getting near Christmas when the tree went up on theoffice roof with lights on it.

There were several other youngsters in the street, all around thesame age, always someone to play out with !We used to play on the allotment, and also on the tip, (can you imagine that now !) At the bottom of the street, I think that it hassince been grassed over and turned into a recreational area.

I went to St. Mary's Sunday School on Garden Street, and just behind that, number 45 Clarence Street was Marshall's shop. I was always going there on an errand for somebody or other.

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